Calendar.



PATENTED OCT. 29, 190'7.

jNo. 869,411.

W. T. BERRY.

CALENDAR.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 2215.25. 1907.

wi fn eos o WILLIAM THOMAS BERRY, OI" MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CALENDAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 29, 1907.

Application filed February 25. 1907. Serial No. 359,245.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILIIAM THOMAS Bunny, a citt zen of the Unit-edStates, residing at Maysville, in the county of Mason and State ofKentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Calendars, ofwhich the following is a specication.

My inventionrelates to calendars, and it conteniplates the provision ofa calendar, almost if not quite as inexpensive as an ordinary calendar,embodying such a construction that its monthly leaves may be retainedand disposed in such manner that ready reference may be made thereto fornotes and information pertaining to the past and future.

With the foregoing in mind, the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims when the same are read inconnection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure l is a front elevation of a calendar constituting one embodimentof my invention; the same being shown with the leaves of the months thathave passed so disposed that the page bearing the last of said months asWell as the page bearing the current month are exposed to view. Fig. 2is a similar view with the leaves of the months that have passed alldisposed so that they are hidden from view. Figs. 3 and 4 are verticalsections taken, in the planes indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. l andthe line 4 4 of Fig. 2, respectively.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A is the body-of my novel calendarwhich may be of pasteboard or of any other material compatible with myinvention, and may be rectangular in outline, as shown, or of any otherdesired configuration. The said body A is cut horizontally at a andvertically at b ib to form a flap B which is joined at its upper edge tothe body A; and the said ap B, in turn, is`cu`t at c to form aleaf-retaining tongue C, and at d dto provide leaf-retaining tongues D.At e the body Au is preferably, though not necessarily, provided orotherwise connected, as indicated by g, to the body. A at a pointslightly below the opening afforded by,

the formation of the flap B. In ,the preferred embodiment of myinvention the leaves E are provided on provided f,on its front side withdata for the month of March and on its other side with data for themonth of April, and so on throughout all of the leaves. By virtue ofthis construction itwill be apparent that when the month of July, forinstance, is current the leaves of all of the preceding months may bepositioned so that they extend upward from the point of connection g,and the leaf bearing data for the months of May and .lune may bedisposed in front of the flap B and under and in engagement with thetongues C and D, while the leaves bearing the data for the months priorto May may be arranged back of the flap B and out of the way. Thisarrangement of the leaves will be better understood by comparing Figs. land `3, and it will be readily appreciated that said arrangement isadvantageous because calendar data for the current mouth and thepreceding month are exposed to view, and the leaf bearing the data ofthe preceding month is so positioned that it may be readily swungdownward to permit of reference being made to the data for the month ofMay; and it will also be appreciated that when it is desired to refer tothe data of the months prior to May, the leaves bearing such data may bereadily withdrawn from behind the flap B and after the reference is mademay be as readily replaced behind said flap B. Again it will beappreciated that when it is desired to expose the data of the currentmonth alone to view, all of the leaves bearing the data ofthe precedingmonths may be positioned back of the flap B so as t be hidden by thesaid flap B. This arrangement is clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 ofthe drawings.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that when desiredby the lser ofthe calendar for any purpose, more thanl one leaf may be positioned infront of the flap B and in engagement with the tongues C and D. It willalso be gathered that my novel calendar is simple and inexpensive inconstruction since it does not entail the employment of any parts otherthan those generally used in what are known as card calendars. From thisit follows that by stamping the flap B and the tongues C and D out ofthe body A, my novel and advantageous calendar may be produced almost ifnot quite as cheaply as a calendar not possessedp'f the advantageshereinbefore ascribed to my improvements.

Because of the fact that my novel calendars may be produced almost ifnot quite as cheaply as the ordinary calendar, and also because of thepractical advantages possessed by my improvements and the fact that thesame are neat and finished in appearance, it willvbe seen that my novelcalendars afford advantageous adfor the month of February, while thesecond leaf is i vertising mediums7 of the calendars being thrown awaysince there is little or no liability or destroyed by those who comeinto possession of the same.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is

A calendar consisting of one piece of slit therein, and also havingleaf-reta from and forming integral parts of sai material having a iningtongues cut d material on one side of said slit, and leaves connected tothe face of the material at the other side of said silt, each leafhaving on` lits front face data for one month, and on its back face datafor the month following.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

, WILLIAM THOMAS BERRY.

Witnesses:

.lr-mins CHILDs, GEORGE T. BARBoUR.

